Like bruh 
its embarrassing grow up
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i have my standards when it comes to reading
1, Punctuations. Itās a book, a work of art. If a book doesnāt have reasonable punctuations, it will make me feel like the author didnāt put enough effort into the story, or the author is not good at writing. I made this mistake before, I think all writer does.
2, Animations. Lines developed by characters must have various animations, or else it will look stiff. An animation for each line is good, but changing it up makes it more natural.
3, Grammar. Really frustrating to read a book that has bad grammar, which could be easily spotted if someone read it again.
4, Bad simple directing. For example, a scene starts, then out of nowhere, characters pop up. And there are very confusing change of scene that is so frustrating.
I am so not qualified to code my own story because Iām still learning and my directing skills really suck.
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Exactlyyyyyyyyy 
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For me, I feel like I am pretty picky on what I expect from a story.
The intro has to be short and sweet, and I really donāt mind if there is CC or not.
Itās a huge pet peeve of mine when the story starts and the MC reveals everything about themselves, leaving the readers with nothing to surprise them later with. The same goes for when they introduce their best friends or family really fast. Like, it isnāt THAT hard to assume who the MC is friends with.
I also hate when the pilot episode reveals the entire plot. By this I meanā¦ if the story is about a nerd and a bad boy falling in love, they shouldnāt fall in love and or kiss by the second episode! It just absolutely ruins the whole story for me.
I also hate long outros! 
I also dislike when the plot itself is so rushed. I like stories that take their time to reveal big parts of the story.
Overall, I will give every story a chance, but these are immediate dealbreakers for me. 
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Do you think there should be full stops at the end of each bit of speech?
- Yes
- No
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I am just trying to write a story at the minute and thought Iād ask
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This has been said a lot, but grammar and spelling (I stopped reading so many books I thought were super interesting like College of Eternity and any other Sopho book) because of the English. Also, anytime the MC victimizes themselves, thereās physical violence, or thereās a ton of unnecessary miscommunication, I donāt read. Long zooms and pauses all the time, directing that isnāt at least as good as mine, and no character development, or the characters are super unrealistic Mary Sueās with the caveat that āoh my parents donāt love meā, characters naturally good at everything, ect. are also things I look for.
My standards are quite high, Iāve only finished like seven stories and I honestly donāt know if even the ones I write reach my standards, but if I donāt enjoy a written work, I wonāt read it.
sky high.
list of what the story need to have.
a good story.
and good characters
I wanna read good stories, I dont like it. if I dont like your stories characters I am not reading
And has to be something I am interested in. your story can be good but not for me. example I dont like comedy stories, there are written not funny but just people been stupid and doing stupid stuff, its cringy and I hate it. and I wont read it
Things I still want but can live with out. but then the story also has to be really good
choices
some few directing mistakes
some grammar mistakes.
For me I would say realistic dialogue and characters are the most important thing.
I am willing to excuse a lot of cliches and plot devices not making the most sense if I feel like I can get invested in the characters regardless. This includes dialogue that actually shows personality, side characters having their own lifes outside of the main plot etc. I feel like a lot of episode stories focus so much on the MC they kind of forget there are other characters there and I often abandon stories, because I feel like I donāt want to spend more time interacting with those characters, becuase they are boring or one-dimensional.
Also the classic jealous possessive LI is a big no in my book. Like I get that people want a strong protective character, but this is so not how you should go about it. If I see the word āmafiaā or āalphaā anywhere I just automatically quit at this point. Not worth it.
On the topic of that, I really appreciate when a story lets you decide not to date the LI. Sometimes the story is good and well written, but the LI is just not really someone I could see the MC end up with. Although this is more like a nit pick than a requirement for me to have fun while reading.
Grammar and spelling mistakes Iām generally willing to excuse as long as thereās not too many of them.
Badly done walking animations are also really annoying. All of the other ones I can look past but badly done walking just looks soooo weird.
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Unfortunately for myself, I read a few amazingly directed and written Episode stories by authors such as Dana Violet, Charlie Cee and BLAIR and now I canāt go back to anything that isnāt like theirs. So basically now my standards for stories are quite high if Iām being honest. 
Although if the plot is interesting and the directing is good then Iāll read it. Directing is probably the biggest thing for me.
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A lot of things put me off because Iām picky as hell, but hereās two of them:
Authorās notes at the beginning of the story. Itās SO unnecessary and 8 out of 10 times that story turns out to be meh.
Info dump at the start of Episode 1. Iām talking about the ones where MC literally narrates their whole life story 2 seconds in āIām (name) Iām x years old and my parents left me when I was young blablaā and then cut to the scene where she wakes up in her generic Episode bedroom and starts her day. Please, find more creative and subtle ways to introduce your cast and settings.
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For me, I really hate extremely long intros. Even if the directing is so good, if the intro is more than a minute, Iām out. Too much warning in the intro too puts me off like please tap slowlyš
Bad grammar
ClichĆ© stories like good girl bad boy or mafia stories (I just donāt read them anymore)
Annoying female MCs
I get bored easily so I donāt like too long chapters
I like it when thereās music and sound in a story, it keeps me more involved.
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Yeah I agree with that ^^
The only story Iāve ever loved having long chapters is ādripping mascaraā, where the author did episodes with sometimes up to about 7000 lines or more, genuinely took you about half an hour to 45 minutes to read it 
But her story also has like 120 chapters or so, and I loved the story so so much. So the only exception for long chapters would be āspecialsā or if I REALLY dig the storyline, not just when Iām trying one out and donāt really care about it much yet.
chile ok ik this is SUCH A BAD HABIT but idk why i would click on a story literally one line could go pass and id just exit like i do this with tv shows aswell and it needs to stop idk what it is but yeah 
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My standards are pretty high for episode stories lemme list what makes me stop reading them
-cliche plots
-The longgg intros
-the rando pregnancies
-randomly h0rny characters
-The lack of diversity
-The bAd BoYs
-āsToRy gets bEtTeR aT ChApTer ā¦ā
-always having the smart person have glasses
-Having high school boys middle school boysā¦ with the male athletic body
the list can go on but ehh ā¦
if you want me to list what makes me more interested i can do that
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Tbh pretty low
If it has HORRIBLE spelling, then thatās a no
If your characters have no originality then Iām probably going to click off.
What can I say I have very low expectations so Iām rarely disappointed 
Episode is kinda a guilty pleasure story source for me, not a detailed heartfelt story I love place-
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omg this blew up. i feel famous! thanks for your input guys, keep it coming! im reading all of these.
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iād love to hear it!
hmmm when im reading episode stories i want to see
-Diversity
-Strong Female Mc
-Sad endings or bittersweet
-CC (Nice to have but not a must)
-Art Scenes (for the fellow digital artists)
-Hairstyle and lipstick choice
why do I keep forgetting everything I was gonna say
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-Name customization (not necessary but i like to have it)
-Diversity
-Good characters
-Good grammar
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Tbh i dont really know how picky i am but i dont have a list of requirements. like i feel like i can look past a lot of things if theres at least one aspect of the episode that i like so comparatively, probably not that picky.
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